TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconfigurable beam steering using a microstrip patch antenna with a U-slot for wearable fabric applications
AU - Ha, Sang Jun
AU - Jung, Chang Won
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Reconfigurable beam steering using a microstrip patch antenna with a U-slot is proposed for wearable fabric applications. The proposed antenna was manufactured on a fabric substrate and designed to steer the beam directions at the operation frequency of 6.0 GHz. The U-shaped slot and a proximity-coupled feeding technique are applied to design the proposed antenna. By configuring two artificial switches between the proximity-coupled feed and the antenna patch, the antenna is given three beam directions (S0, S1, and S2). The maximum beam directions are steerable in the yz-plane (θ= 0°, 30°, and 331°, respectively), and the overall HPBW is 115°. The measured peak gains are 6.11-6.69 dBi.
AB - Reconfigurable beam steering using a microstrip patch antenna with a U-slot is proposed for wearable fabric applications. The proposed antenna was manufactured on a fabric substrate and designed to steer the beam directions at the operation frequency of 6.0 GHz. The U-shaped slot and a proximity-coupled feeding technique are applied to design the proposed antenna. By configuring two artificial switches between the proximity-coupled feed and the antenna patch, the antenna is given three beam directions (S0, S1, and S2). The maximum beam directions are steerable in the yz-plane (θ= 0°, 30°, and 331°, respectively), and the overall HPBW is 115°. The measured peak gains are 6.11-6.69 dBi.
KW - Beam-steering antennas
KW - fabric antennas
KW - patch antennas
KW - U-slot
KW - wearable antennas
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=81455143806&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/LAWP.2011.2174022
DO - 10.1109/LAWP.2011.2174022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:81455143806
SN - 1536-1225
VL - 10
SP - 1228
EP - 1231
JO - IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
JF - IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
M1 - 6062639
ER -